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How popular is “Maude” in the USA?

Number of people named “Maude” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Maude” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Maude” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Maude” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Maude” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Maude” by birth year

This chart shows how “Maude” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 859 0.004263366 859 100%
1881 929 0.004821266 923 6 99%
1882 1094 0.004938316 1089 5 99%
1883 1102 0.005079605 1096 6 99%
1884 1231 0.005056251 1225 6 99%
1885 1228 0.005098525 1222 6 99%
1886 1189 0.004656974 1189 100%
1887 1162 0.004696999 1162 100%
1888 1406 0.004694899 1396 10 99%
1889 1302 0.004506032 1293 9 99%
1890 1367 0.004535486 1359 8 99%
1891 1200 0.004185954 1188 12 98%
1892 1275 0.003813096 1270 5 99%
1893 1208 0.003714374 1202 6 99%
1894 1157 0.003416103 1144 13 98%
1895 1142 0.003253376 1136 6 99%
1896 1104 0.00308825 1104 100%
1897 984 0.002836086 984 100%
1898 1009 0.002645135 1009 100%
1899 908 0.002676619 908 100%
1900 1018 0.002260926 1013 5 99%
1901 819 0.002368339 819 100%
1902 834 0.002156527 834 100%
1903 783 0.00205404 776 7 98%
1904 757 0.001876154 757 100%
1905 709 0.001672477 709 100%
1906 619 0.001444739 619 100%
1907 585 0.00125701 585 100%
1908 510 0.001043694 510 100%
1909 520 0.001017167 520 100%
1910 575 0.000973403 575 100%
1911 553 0.000858325 553 100%
1912 598 0.000605225 598 100%
1913 655 0.000576022 655 100%
1914 693 0.000489288 693 100%
1915 776 0.000423482 771 5 99%
1916 739 0.000382027 739 100%
1917 728 0.000362776 728 100%
1918 727 0.000334852 727 100%
1919 682 0.000323185 674 8 98%
1920 700 0.000309373 695 5 99%
1921 591 0.000253159 591 100%
1922 534 0.000233274 534 100%
1923 472 0.000204996 472 100%
1924 485 0.000203644 485 100%
1925 461 0.000197574 461 100%
1926 387 0.000168561 387 100%
1927 348 0.000150042 348 100%
1928 292 0.00012915 292 100%
1929 276 0.000125903 271 5 96%
1930 258 0.000116044 258 100%
1931 217 0.000103118 217 100%
1932 192 0.00009094 192 100%
1933 182 0.000091025 182 100%
1934 195 0.000093894 195 100%
1935 172 0.000082301 172 100%
1936 163 0.000078457 163 100%
1937 154 0.000072278 154 100%
1938 142 0.000064179 142 100%
1939 135 0.000061268 135 100%
1940 145 0.00006297 145 100%
1941 112 0.000045969 112 100%
1942 117 0.000042829 117 100%
1943 110 0.000038972 110 100%
1944 101 0.000037545 101 100%
1945 95 0.00003581 95 100%
1946 87 0.000027227 87 100%
1947 100 0.00002776 100 100%
1948 87 0.000025199 87 100%
1949 108 0.000030992 108 100%
1950 85 0.000024262 85 100%
1951 69 0.000018731 69 100%
1952 76 0.000020011 76 100%
1953 72 0.000018684 72 100%
1954 63 0.000015826 63 100%
1955 53 0.0000132 53 100%
1956 71 0.00001722 71 100%
1957 64 0.00001523 64 100%
1958 42 0.00001016 42 100%
1959 52 0.000012506 52 100%
1960 49 0.000011796 49 100%
1961 42 0.000010139 42 100%
1962 34 0.000008425 34 100%
1963 34 0.00000859 34 100%
1964 27 0.000006945 27 100%
1965 26 0.000007172 26 100%
1966 26 0.000007481 26 100%
1967 27 0.000007953 27 100%
1968 20 0.00000592 20 100%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 100%
1970 24 0.000006655 24 100%
1971 13 0.000003787 13 100%
1972 20 0.000006363 20 100%
1973 22 0.000007292 22 100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 100%
1975 16 0.000005299 16 100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 100%
1989 14 0.000003642 14 100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 100%
2003 12 0.000003156 12 100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 100%
2009 11 0.000002879 11 100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 100%
2012 10 0.000002734 10 100%
2013 17 0.000004663 17 100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 100%
2015 16 0.000004323 16 100%
2016 17 0.000004634 17 100%
2017 17 0.000004754 17 100%
2018 25 0.000007111 25 100%
2019 25 0.000007203 25 100%
2020 17 0.000005089 17 100%
2021 18 0.000005313 18 100%
2022 37 0.000010937 37 100%
2023 32 0.000009664 32 100%
2024 41 0.000012318 41 100%

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